"The Admiral & I are chartering a Camano 31 from Anacortes Yacht Charters for two weeks in April. I am looking at places of interest that we could visit (no schedules on this boat) around the San Juans and BC." For my trip I'd make a loop across the southern San Juans, Anacortes to Rosario, West Sound or Deer Harbor, Friday Harbor, Victoria, Sidney, Butchart Gardens, Maple Bay, Chemainus, Telegraph Harbor, Ladysmith, Ganges, Montague Harbor, Roche Harbor, Sucia, and Eagle Harbor on the east side of Cypress Island. Now that list has more places than you have nights to spend aboard, but I like a one or two hour easy cruise between destinations each day if I'm not spending a few days at the destination. To go to Desolation Sound from Anacortes and back in 2 weeks entails some long days at the wheel with the potential for rough water in the Georgia Straight. Contingency days would need to be built in. The loop outlined above is mostly sheltered water with the exception of Victoria which puts you into the Strait of Juan de Fuca, and Haro strait for a while. However Victoria is early in your trip so if you waited out a day for high winds you could still recover easily. This loop also gives you a mix of docks in cities/towns to walk around and anchorages for quiet reflection. None are so far away from the other, that if winds are predicted you can't duck into a safe place to spend a few hours or the night if needed. And, there are many other spots in between the ones I named that people will suggest so that you could visit two in a day if you are so inclined. I don't understand why you'd come here if you believed what M*r*n says about all the debris in the water where 50% of the boaters hit things in the water, the winds are "totally unpredictable" and twice the forecast velocity because of the islands, and all the other dangers which require 2 people to navigate with both chartplotters and paper charts all the time, and "constantly" adjust the radar. In fact, the conditions are so bad that you may as well take the autopilot out of your boat because it's useless here. But then I'm the most ignorant boater around, and he won't even call me by my right name, so what do I know? I think you'll have a great time over here. Ken